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January 7, 2012 2:40 PM – So here I am. I am sitting in my office/studio and I am packing up my briefcase with all my tech gear for what could be a few hours, days, or potentially weeks at my local hospital.

I don’t mean to alarm anyone by my first post here, but on Thursday morning, I had experienced a twitch/spasm in my left eye. I’ve had these in the past and they were typically due to stress or going extended periods of time without having enough sleep. The thing is, however, that I have been getting plenty of sleep lately and haven’t been experiencing much stress due to the successful steps of adding so much more margin to my life.

By the end of the day, Thursday, the eye spasms continued and I assumed that perhaps I was experiencing some subconscious stress or fear about sharing a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of the content here at gspn.tv. If you haven’t yet heard about that, you can read and hear all about that by clicking here.

I wasn’t too worried. I was a bit surprised, but the feedback from the announcement has been 100% positive so far. Sure, some folks have expressed a bit of sadness that some shows were no longer going to be produced, but everyone had shared that they understood the reasons that I had shared and I’d say that well over 99% have shared that they were extremely optimistic about what this means for the content that will continue as we move forward.

I also figured that if my left eye spasms were somehow tied to that stress, that they would go away over night.

However, Friday morning, I woke up and began to work on the various items that I had laid out for myself on my to do list.

I am going to insert here that I forgot to tell you that I had an issue where I slept on my left arm the wrong way. I had a bit of pain in my shoulder when I moved my left arm around. I also figured this would go away.

Back to Friday.. I was sitting here working and I noticed that I started to feel a little bit of “numbness/tingling” from the tips of my fingers up through my arm, in through my shoulder and into the area right behind my left side of my chest cage. It was more like a “sensation.” This didn’t bother me much at all. I thought maybe I had a pinched nerve.

About 11am on Friday, January 6th, I noticed that the left side of my check and lips started to have a numbness sensation as well. Almost as though I was just at the end of having novocaine from a dental visit wearing off. Though, it was very much limited precisely to the left side of my mouth and face.

These were the only symptoms that I had experienced and I was having no problem thinking clearly. In fact, I spent most of the day working on things like my new consulting page on my business website. I didn’t have any issues with dropping facial features, no slurred speech, no headaches, no problem with balance, and no problem writing or understanding human speech.

I didn’t tell Stephanie about this until it had been going on for several hours. Though, I will share that I had experienced other symptoms of things before this and the eye spasms on Thursday. In a future update, I will share more about what I had experienced and why I never shared it with ANYONE.

I had asked Stephanie to simply keep an eye on my through the day yesterday and I promised if I thought it was getting any worse, I would immediately agree to go to the hospital. It never got worse and so I never went to the hospital.

This morning, I woke up feeling no worse that I did yesterday. In fact, I feel just fine. Though I can still tell that there is the “VERY SLIGHTEST SENSATION” on just the left side of my body. It don’t know if I would call it numbness or tingling, but just something that doesn’t feel like it should and it is exactly ONLY ON THE LEFT SIDE of my body.

This afternoon, I reached out to my friend Robert Johnson. I think I knew that I needed someone to tell me to go to the hospital to get checked out. Something that I did not want to do.

Again, in a later post, I will share why I didn’t want to go to the hospital and how those reasons fly right in the face of what I say I believe about God’s provision and the amazing insights that I had recently gained about what I believe God has prepared for me on the journey again.

So… In spite of the fears that I will tell you about in future updates, I am on my way to the hospital to get checked out. I’m praying that it is nothing serious. I will share that I do have fears right now. And I do ask that you will please keep me in your prayers.

I will be very much monitoring and responding to comments left on this post throughout this ordeal. I imagine that this one blog post will end up having well over 1,000 comments before all is said and done. Rather than create new blog posts with updates. I will add further updates below. At the top of the post, I will clearly indicate which post is the latest.

I know that as I share this, those of you in the community would want to know what is happening. I am so thankful for each and every one of you.

I’m off to the hospital now. Just got to get my MacBook Air.

I wonder if I can get Stephanie to stop at Chipotle on our way. – LOL

You see, the last time I came to the Emergency room, I was admitted to the hospital and was forced to stay for nine days. This was when I had my gallbladder and appendix removed. During that stay, they didn’t allow me to eat food for six or seven days straight.

After we had Chipotle, I asked Stephanie if she wanted to stop any place else. There is no doubt that I wanted to do anything and everything to avoid the inevitable, ending up here at the ER. I was able talk her into stopping at Starbucks to get her a Chai Tea Latte with Sugar Free Vanilla with Non Fat Milk and no water.

Unfortunately, that only delayed us another ten to fifteen minutes.

Oh wait… I forgot to mention. Before we pulled into Chipotle, I noticed that the van had ticking noise. The oil level was obviously a bit too low. It has a known issue where it spits oil out on one of the spark plugs. So after Chipotle, and before Starbucks, I did stop at a gas station and purchased two quarts of oil, which I then put into the engine.

So, back to my story… After Starbucks, I drove us here to the Emergency Room. I signed myself in, told them my symptoms and they gave me a wristband.

So far, I’ve been taken back to have an EKG ran and now I am sitting here, in the waiting room, for them to have me come back and see a doctor.

That’s it for now.

Depending on where I end up later tonight, I will share with you the reasons why I’ve taken so long to get checked out. Though I’ll quickly share with you the other symptoms that I’d been experiencing since late October, 2011. I don’t know for sure, but I believe they are unrelated to the numbness on one side of my face symptoms that started yesterday morning.

Some of you know, from listening to my various podcasters, that I had another upper respiratory/sinus infection back in October, just before my trip to the West Coast.

Ever since that time, i had been experiencing a pain in my chest area. It was especially bad if I had been working all day, leaning forward, and then stood up. The feeling was as though the bones in my chest area were bruised badly. I thought it was a part of the infection and that it would go away after the antibiotics did their thing.

However, even a few weeks after all my sinus symptoms and such went away, I still had this “bruised chest” feeling. When I started working out at the gym again, on a daily basis, that pain went away. That is unless I had experienced any issue with either gas or heartburn. If I had either of those two things, that bruise feeling in my chest was back.

I had heard so many stories of friends who had gone to the ER with chest pain and were sent home after being told that it was little more than gas. I figured that my bruised chest feeling must be something like that since I had no other symptoms.

The fact is, I’ve needed to get an overall checkup for EVERYTHING for quite some time. But I’ve simply been putting it off for way too long.

Why? Why have I waited for so long? That, I will share in a future update, later this evening.

In the ER, They ran an EKG, took a chest x-ray, did some blood work, and performed a CAT Scan. The great news is that it is confirmed that I did not have a stroke and all my results from all my tests came back normal.

The doctor made the decision to keep me over night to monitor my heart and to run two more sets of blood work six hours apart from each other.

I can tell you right now that your prayers are working. In the ER, I had one nurse draw my blood and got it on the first stick of the needle. Another nurse had to put an IV needle in my hand and got that in on the first stick of the needle. And the nurse who just left, after taking my blood again, also got it on the first stick of the needle.

I believe I only have to have my blood drawn one more time in the morning around 6am. Please pray that the nurse in the morning with also be able to get what she needs with a single stick of the needle and that I’ll do as well then as I have this evening. Also, please join me in praying that all the results turn out well and that there is absolutely nothing wrong with my heart at all.

I promised you all that I would share with you the details of why I didn’t come to the hospital earlier than I did. Well, I am happy to tell you that I took some time, here in my hospital room, to record episode 512 of Pursuing A Balanced Life. You can listen to this episode by clicking the PLAY BUTTON at the top of this post. It has all the details.

Thank you all so much!

So all my results from my blood work and second EKG came in and I have a clean bill of health on my heart. It is 100% confirmed that I did not have a stroke, no heart attack, and my heart is in really good condition.

This still does not explain the numbness on the left side of my body that I had experienced. By the way, that numbing sensation has gone away and I no longer feel any side effects. It is as if it had never happened. However, the doctor here does want me to stay here and have a consult with a neurologist. There is a good chance that this could happen later this afternoon or early evening. If they decide to order an MRI, I may have to stay her an another night. I’m just hoping if that is the case, they will not need to take any more blood.

I did get my blood work results and I learned that my LDL Cholesterol levels are a bit high. They should be under 100 and mine are currently at 140. I’m going to see if I can’t do some good research and take this into consideration with some dietary changes and see if I change my diet and keep my daily workouts up, if I can’t get that level brought down without medications.

I guess I will be going to Egg White Omelets from now on. I’ll miss my yokes. Here’s the deal. I am at the point where I am willing to do whatever it takes to be healthy. I’m just so thankful that so far, things have all check out fine.

I did ask if I could possibly get checked out and do the neurologist stuff as an outpatient. However, they said that if I stay here, I will get to see one today and if they order an MRI, I’ll get it tomorrow. If I were to do it as outpatient, it would be a few weeks before I get the consult.

So I am just sitting here. Waiting. Thanking God that so far nothing serious has been uncovered. Feeling good that my heart is in good shape.

I’ll post more as I know more. Thank you all again for all your prayers!

I still have the IV access thing that they put in while I was in the ER. He mentioned that they will use this to put some sort of dye into my blood for the MRI. As long as this IV doesn’t need to be pulled out and redone, I should be able to handle that pretty well.

If the results of my MRI tomorrow are okay I should be free to go home and would need no further followups. I’m praying for clear results from that MRI and that nothing is wrong.

One thing is for sure, I’ve exceeded my $3,000 deductible. Because of my family history and due the fact that I’m 38 years old, I may go ahead and have everything else all checked out through this year. Things like colon and all that fun stuff. However, I think I’ve had as much fun as I want to have here with the medical folks this weekend.

I am simply praying that I can get clean bill of health tomorrow and that I can go home tomorrow and that I don’t have to cancel any of my consulting clients on Tuesday.

I want to send out a special thank you to my friend Mark Mason, from MasonWorld.com, for sending me flowers with the Get Well balloon (Shown in the image above). That was a cool surprise.

My mom, dad, and my brother stopped by to see me this afternoon. It was cool to see them.

I’m excited that Stephanie and the kids are going to come and see me this evening. I’m also excited that they will be bringing some Chipotle. The food here at the Hospital is simply not that great!

I appreciate all your prayers. Please keep them coming for the results of tomorrows MRI.

Thank you so much!

The MRI took about 30 minutes in total and was actually quite relaxing. They had given me the option of the type of music I wanted to listen to and I chose classical. As the machine was making all it’s noises, I simply spent the 30 minutes in prayer, talking with God. In my conversation, I thought of my totally awesome wife, Stephanie and just how thankful I am to have her in my life. Sharing life with her is one my greatest joys. I then spent some time thinking about Meagan, Matthew, and McKenna and just how blessed I am to have these three amazing children.

Oh, by the way, I wanted to share that Stephanie and the kids came by and had dinner with me last night here in my room. It was the highlight of my day. A day or two spent in the hospital can really help you gain a good deal of perspective on life and offer a reminder of just how blessed we are.

Before my MRI had ended, while I was still talking with God, my thoughts went toward my good friend, Barry Morgan, who is currently being treated for a very advanced case of pancreatic cancer. I am trying to keep up with Barry’s journey through his God Is Bigger Than Cancer Facebook Page. I know that that many of you are joining me in praying that my MRI results come back 100% perfect and that I’ll be able to head home with a clean bill of health. Thank you for that.

Regardless of the outcome of my results, I hope that many of you will consider sending some prayers for Barry and his lovely wife, Lynne as they are going through something fear scarier that what I have been going through.

I am hoping that my next update will be full of great news, and possibly even be posted from home. We’ll see.

Honestly, with as much prayer that has been offered on my behalf the past two days, I had got to the point where I had expected nothing less. I am so delighted and enthusiastic that I could dance. I wont! But I could! :)

There was “one thing,” however, that the doctor pointed out. She said that they had noticed that I had a “nasal polyp” on my left side, and that there “may have been” one on my other side. She asked me if I had an issue with frequent sinus infections.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! For the past ten or more years of my life (could even be 20), I’ve had between two and five sinus infections each and every single year.

The doctor told me that it sounds like allergies could cause that polyp to flare up which could easily lead to those sinus infections. This could explain how the cigarette smoke at the Podcamp Cincinnati pre-party set off my allergies, which may have caused this polyp to flare up, which may have led to that sinus infection, which led to an upper respiratory infection back in late October.

She asked me if I’ve ever seen an ENT about this. I told her that I never knew that I had it. She said that if these sinus infections have been so bad, they could go in and remove this polyp and it might greatly reduce the number of sinus infections that I have in the future.

If this is true, and this visit to the hospital does nothing more than uncover this, and I get it treated, this would have been worth all the time and trouble spent here this weekend.

The thing is that I also talked with the other neurologist the other day and he explained that I may be able to recover from the “Ulnar Neuropahty” that I had been experiencing in my pinky finger and the left side of my ring finger on my left hand. Turns out that this might simply be from the fact that I have a habit of sleeping on my side or leaning too much onto my elbow while I work throughout the day. I do both every day.

I’ve also uncovered that eating my two egg omelet every day of the week could be leading to this reported high level of LDL Cholesterol. Regardless, I am going to do something about my Cholesterol, without medication.

I feel as though I have a new lease on life. I was already back to my daily routine of physical activity by going to the gym four days a week. This only energizes my efforts in that area and to reaffirm my commitment to healthy eating.

I can’t tell you all how much I am thankful for your prayers.

For all I know, I may have had a heart attack and major stroke and have been completely healed. Though I am more inclined to believe that I had slept on my side with my arm behind my head in such a way that I had a very severe pinched nerve. I believe that the “fears of the unknown” and a great deal of anxiety added to the symptoms that I had experienced.

As I shared in this 512th episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I am so thankful that God has broken me free from those fears! I am so thankful that I got all this stuff check out. I am ready to move forward on the journey that is set before me and I am eager to see what all will transpire in 2012!

Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!

In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share what has been going on, in my mind, as it related to what I had read up to that point in the book “E-Myth Revisited.” I think it is important to point out that, a few days after recording this, I had finished the book. The final chapters of the book had an incredible amount of insightful content when it comes to structuring the organization of your business. I came away enjoying this book a great deal more, though I don’t agree with such statements, made by the author, that the only real reason to start a business is to ultimately sell it.

I also shared how thankful I am for the awesome advisers that I have in my life. I’m surrounded by a great number of amazingly successful people and I know that a great deal of my success and motivation is directly tied to my relationship with these amazing people.

I shared quite a bit more in this episode as well. However, I recorded it several days ago and I am having a difficult time remembering some of the other topics I brought up. I hope you enjoy!

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I answer the question that was asked by @hbgreg on Twitter where he wrote “When is urgent not important?”

I do a bit of rehashing some of what I shared in episode 509 about the time management lessons I learned from chapter 3 of Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Book.

It seems that a lot of people are struggling with the idea of discerning the difference between urgent tasks and important tasks. Personally, I think the struggle is more between discerning the tasks that are “important and urgent” (Quadrant 1) v/s the tasks that are “not important and urgent” (Quadrant 3).

I don’t have all the answers to this figured out, but I have spent the past full week organizing my day around the concepts that I learned from chapter three fo EntreLeadership. I can tell you that, without a doubt, it has had a profound positive impact on the amount of IMPORTANT WORK that I completed in the past seven days.

By the way, in this episode, I shared how I took five days to respond to my single most important client as a result of his email not making it to the top of my to do list during those five days.

Here’s what I wrote to him…..

Why it has taken so long, (Read this section only if interested – Otherwise Skip To Next Section)
I’m so sorry for taking five days to respond to your email. I’d like to give credit to Dave Ramsey, as I’ve been reading EntreLeadership and in chapter three, he discussed time management.

I must admit that I’ve been hard at work at taking a deep look at the tasks that I do and then categorize them into four quadrants.

Quadrant 1 – Important and Urgent
Quadrant 2 – Important and Not Urgent
Quadrant 3 – Not Important and Urgent
Quadrant 4 – Not Important and Not Urgent

I’ve been spending about 15 minutes each day trying to organize my day’s to do list based up on these categories, trying to fit in as many Q1 and Q2 tasks as possible and then I prioritize my list based upon how Dave shared in the rest of that chapter.

Having well over 100 emails that had built up from my West Coast trip, “manage email” has hovered around an A5 to A7 task.

Previously, I’d try to capture the ever elusive email “Inbox Zero” and would have responded to your email within a few short hours.

There is a part of me that is excited that I’m just getting to this email today, as the tasks that I’ve worked on these past five days have been EPIC on the scale of importance, especially the ones that were “Important But Not Urgent.”

However, when I come to an email like this, there is a part of me that wanders if there isn’t a way to do this to were some folks get priority treatment when it comes to responding to an email.

I’m working on it.

The email then continued on to respond to the URGENT request for help that he wrote to me about five days earlier. A request for assistance that I was then, at the time of responding to the email, four days too late to fulfill.

Want to know how this client responded? The following email response came in, this morning, after I had finished recording this episode. He wrote back and said….

Thanks for your note here. Hey I understand totally about prioritizing your time. As you become more and more successful that will increase as an absolute necessity.

… I have removed portion of email pertaining to the topic we were discussing …

I so appreciate your willingness to add your expertise to my ongoing work here.

There you go my friends. You see, this client, my single most important client wrote back and said that it was no problem that I did not fulfill his request to be available for his urgent request. Instead of being angry or let down, he reinforced my decision to “Do The Work That Counts” by saying that as I become more and more successful, the need to do this will increase as an absolute necessity.

In the episode, I quoted Peter Shallard’s post where wrote, “Shun the urgent. Allow it to sort itself. Notice how pointless email has a way of making itself irrelevant over time. Notice how those you’re supposed to be delegating to will take initiative on their own. If you’re a leader, support your team by leading a business built on doing the important stuff, not the urgent stuff. Ignore the urgent. Do work that counts.”

In this episode, I mention the following people on Twitter:
@hbgreg
@areynoldsre
@HandGPodcast
@CtlAltDeliver
@AlliWait
@TheRamenNoodle
@TinkHanson
@JGazMom
@AnsleyRDGroup

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share an overview of what has been going on in my life since September 27th, when I last released an episode of this podcast. I am so excited to share not only what has been going on since I last produced a PABL podcast episode but also what is on the table for the future.

It has been a truly amazing journey up to this point and I believe that the most amazing parts of this story are still set as future events in God’s plans for what He has prepared for me.

Here is the list of content I mentioned that I would link to:

- ATC 121 – Not Going To Church Anymore – http://gspn.tv/f20
- ATC 123 – The Parable of The Incredibly Loving Father – http://gspn.tv/x5m
- ADD 162 – He Loves You Anyway – http://gspn.tv/tct
- ADD 163 – Le Me Love You – http://gspn.tv/sjq
- ADD 164 – Who Do You Follow? – http://gspn.tv/kmk
- ADD 165 – Life Without Following The Rules – http://gspn.tv/dgj
- PAM 234 – BlogWorld LA Review & Meeting Leo Laporte – http://gspn.tv/fw0
- Video – Meeting Leo Laporte – http://gspn.tv/hts
- PAM 235 – My BlogWorld LA Talk – http://gspn.tv/y0h
- EntreLeadership – Dave Ramsey – http://gspn.tv/lrx
- E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber – http://gspn.tv/7lr

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share quite a bit about what has been going on since August 31st. The Following is a list of some of the topics that I covered.

- Why has it been nearly a month since episode 507?
- Burn Out Meltdown on Episode 175 of Family From The Heart – http://gspn.tv/thatepisode
- Cumberland Falls Getaway with the family.
- Not “going to church” anymore – http://gspn.tv/nomorechurch
- Almost Daily Devotional Episode 162 – http://gspn.tv/add162
- Plus Membership monthly contributions at an all time low.
- Do I still have a desire to produce content?
- Potential for a future Business/Marketing Plan for gspn.tv
- Too many income streams and not enough focus?
- I found someone to replace my assistant!
- Check out http://LearnHowToPodcast.com
- Dave Ramsey’s thoughts on when is the right time to hire an employee.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share my thought process as I ponder if the next step in my business would be to hire an employee or if I should simply stick with contracted workers. I lean toward the model that I have seen work well with Dan Miller.

Also in this episode, I share some thoughts on how I am evaluting the ranking of each of the different podcasts that we produce here at gspn.tv.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share how I sometimes feel guilty for going out and taking a walk during what I would typically consider business hours.

I also share some thoughts on how I am challenged with new ideas about possible opportunities that exist with the future of my business pursuits.

I recorded this episode yesterday and I am just now writing the show notes. I think I also mentioned about my recent decision to raise my rates. If I mentioned a blog post that helped me to make this decision, you can read that blog post here: http://gspn.tv/nvg

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I give a review of what has happened since December of 2010 when I recorded episode 483 of this show titled “The Dark Days of December 2010.”

I share a few short audio clips from previous episodes to summarize my journey of faith in 2011 as it relates to the Year of Providence.
At the end of the episode, I share the news of a VERY GENEROUS one time contribution to gspn.tv Plus Membership. To see the letter that came with this gift, I encourage you to check out http://gspn.tv/YearOfProvidence

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share some thoughts about how blessed I am to have Stephanie as my partner in this life and how that most everything I have accomplished these past several years has been possible because of the love, support, and often, the sacrifice of my beautiful wife. Today is her birthday and I thought it was fitting to start things of my sharing just how thankful I am for Stephanie!

I also shared how well things are going with a new daily physical activity/routine that I’ve got myself back into. I tell you what my new routine is and my motivations for getting back into it.

I explain about http://Twitter.com/GSPN_Extreme. This is a new twitter account that I’m using for random, and often times, exccessive tweeting. More details about this are in the episode. Follow at your own risk. :)

I wrap up with an invitation for you to check out our newest podcast at http://LifeLoveAndTheMovies.com and a mention that I have a very exciting series of podcast episodes that will be released soon on the About The Church podcast feed dealing with MONEY.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share that I have been listening to the audio book, Boundaries by John Townsend and Henry Cloud. I also share my latest thoughts on traditional reading v/s listening to an audio book.

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In this episode, I share my recommitment to my early to bed and early to rise routine. However, this time, I’m looking to make some modifications to that routine based upon my experiences from the past.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share how excited I am about redesigning my work space in the gspn.tv studio, aka my office. I didn’t intend to go on and on about the details for as long as I did, but I hope that this episode inspires you to consider your own work space. Is your work environment encouraging creativity in your work?

I also shared how I have recently been blessed and encouraged by my interactions with a total of six people this week. I was recently interviewed for an article by Randy Sly of http://Catholic.org and I was interviwed by Mark Mason for his podcasts. Once those pieces of content are put online, I’ll be sure to provide links to them in the future.

I had an amazing day of consulting calls yesterday that simply gave me a great amount of satisfaction, knowing that I am doing what I was created to do.

If you do listen to this whole episode, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.

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I can hardly believe that I’ve just recorded my 500th episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life. I had considered waiting until I had some major announcement to share or some massive breakthrough in my life to talk about during this podcast episode that marks a significant milestone reached.

However, as I shared in this episode, so much of my life has been focused on wanting to live my life in “Fast Forward” from one mountain top experience to another. The decision to record this episode on what seemed to be just an ordinary day in my life actually speaks a lot about how far I’ve come in living a more balanced and healthy lifestyle.

When I first hit the record button, I didn’t really think I had more than 10 minutes of content on my mind to share. However, as always, once I started going, I found that I had a lot more on my mind than I originally anticipated. Overall, the thoughts that came to my mind as I was recording, I feel are worthy of a 500th episode of a podcast after all.

I want to thank each and every one of you who listen to this podcast. It’s because of you that I feel more accountable to live out the truths that I am learning on a daily basis. I look forward to the opportunity to share another 500 episodes with you!

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I do my best to share the amazing experiences that I had while in NYC for BlogWorld. I talk about hanging out all day with Fred Firestine, the gspn.tv meetup in Bryant Park and dinner at John’s Pizzeria.

I share the story of how I was invited to be a speaker at BlogWorld LA on the first day of the conference and how I forced myself out of my comfort zone to meet all sorts of interesting people.

This trip was an amazing opportunity that has already opened up doors to other amazing opportunities. I’m so thankful for each of the doors that God seems to open for me on this journey. You would think that I would stop worrying about trying to always be in control of the future and feeling as though I always need to know what’s coming up next.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share a recent decision that I had made and why I made it. I hope that this episode will clearly explain why I recently deleted a particular group from the gspn.tv community site. Since I made the decision, I feel a major weight lifted off my shoulder. However, it is still difficult to get over the fact that some folks will simply disagree with my reasoning and will have wished that I had done things differently.

In January of this year, I made a commitment to God that His approval would be all that I pursue to seek with the decisions that I make. This is a commitment that is difficult to adhere to when you are as much of a people pleaser as I am. With that said, I did not make this decision lightly. While this was not the “timing” that I would have like to have chosen, it was the decision that I was ultimately going to go with in the end. This episode will explain most of what has been going on in my mind about this subject.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share my thoughts on the fact that I have not had any intentional physical activity for the past several weeks.

I share that while I’m still experiencing a great deal of margin within my schedule, I have noticed that I have been struggling with my early to bed and early to rise routine since Easter Sunday. This is something that desperately want to fix immediately so that my schedule doesn’t spin out of control.

I share how I have succesfully found some great ways to connect with my children and I’m looking for opportunities and avenues to continue to do this on a deeper level.

I share how I have allowed a little bit of anxiety about the future to creep in. However, since recording this, some cool things have happened with adding some late arrives to my podcasting A to Z course which has inpsired me that I should start as early as this week to prepare for my July Podcasting A to Z course.

I talk about an amazing opportunity that has come up with an invitation to speak and share the gspn.tv story at the BlogWorld And New Media Expo in New York in just two weeks. Details can be found at http://PodcastAnswerMan.com/bwe2011nyc. I’m also planning a meetup on Monday, May 23rd for folks in the gspn.tv community and you can get more details about that at http://ning.it/mGYrMr.

Overall, when I recorded the episode, I shared how I felt that the visibility is quite low as it relates to how far into the future of gspn.tv and Podcast Answer Man that I can see. I know that there are many successful things that I have done that I can repeart. However, I get a sense that perhaps there’s another big step on the Horizon.

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In this episode I share the following topics:

• McKenna’s Birthday.
• How I’m using Wunderlist for my Task Management.
• My recent thoughts on Inbox Zero.
• Podcasting A to Z Update.
• Where I’m at in my Scripture Reading Schedule.
• My Early To Bed And Early To Rise Routine.
• My laid back approach to Spring Break Week.
• Adjusting to my new glasses.

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This episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life was originally recorded on Sunday April 10th. However, as the result of my schedule and trying to stay committed to the amount of margin I have created for myself, today is the first chance I’ve had to publish this episode to the web.

In this episode, I talk about the following topics

• A desire to get over sinus/allergy issues that have plagued me for a full week.
• A need to adjust to my new glasses.
• Feeling the blessings of God on a daily basis.
• A possibility of a close friend taking my May A to Z Course
• Trying to not worry about the things that are on my to do list for a later time.
• Fighting the feeling that I “NEED TO DO SO MUCH”
• The small list of things that I need to accomplish while kids are on Spring Break.
• Enjoying a night out with my wife!
• I’m Trying Not To Feel Bad About Not Feeling Bad About Experiencing Margin
• A new pair of shoes.
• Started a new YouTube channel for Podcast Answer Man: http://YouTube.com/PodcastAnswerMan

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I record from inside the studio to get caught up on the back catalog of audio feedback that had been submitted for this podcast over the past two months.

Wayne Henderson called in to say how much he has been enjoying the occasional audio boo updates that I have put online. You can listen to those at http://audioboo.com/gspn.

Eve called in quite some time ago to share her reaction to episodes 475 to 478 which were titled “My Catholic Weekend Parts 1 through 4.”

Jon Wilkerson called in after listening to episode 483 and correctly guessed that I had got too caught up in trusting in my own personal abilities. He was right and I’m so glad that God had worked on my heart in this area since that time.

Santos Auli called in regarding episode 485 titled “The Year of Providence.” I’m very happy to have had the chance to get to know him better and I appreciate that he has since become a gspn.tv Plus Member.

Jenn from Ohio also called in regarding episode 485 to say that this episode was exactly what she needed to hear. I so appreciate this type of feedback.

I did give an update on how Plus Membership income is going since the decision to go ALL FREE was made. I hope that my sharing this didn’t come off as begging people to respond. Honestly, God has been providing in amazing ways as the result of my consulting/coaching side of my business.

I do believe that income from the content/community helps me to keep my focus on creating the content and the efforts necessary to build the environments that foster the community building that takes place here at gspn.tv. However, I know that no matter how God chooses to provide for our financial needs, the content and community of gspn.tv is why I decided to do what I do for a living. I am trusting in God to provide however He desires.

Maggie had called in about Tim Farris’ book “The Four Hour Body.” I’m personally skeptical about this book, even though I’ve never read it. I heard a lot of buzz when the book first came out and I was turned off by some of the things folks had shared with me. I’m wondering what Maggie, or anyone else in the community, feels about this book after reading it.

Zen Runner called in to ask me what my fitness plans and goals are for this year. I have a pretty clear breakdown that looks something like this:
- My goal is to get to 210 by the end of April 2011
- To get below 200 by the end of May 2011
- To get to 190 by the end of June 2011
- To get to 180 by the end of July 2011
- To get to 170 by the end of August 2011
- To get to 160 by the end of September 2011
- To get to 154 by the end of October 2011

Somewhere in here I shared why Matthew now has a cast on his arm for four weeks, getting new glasses, and several other things that I have probably failed to mention here in the show notes. I think the funniest thing is that this episode literally took me two days to record.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share how I feel that I really have achieved a sense of margin in my day to day life through my faith and trust in God’s provision.

I know that it’s only been been two days since I last recorded an episode of this podcast and that recording was just released yesterday. However, perhaps you can simpy look at this additional episode as a means of me making up for the fact that I had skipped a few weeks.

At any rate, I share a lot in this one hour episode. I talk about how much weight I’ve lost in the past month. I talked about my continued thoughts on planning and preparing for the future and how that relates to being flexible enough to go with the leading of God when He may inspire us to go in a different direction that we had planned.

I share how I was tempted to say “yes” to a request to continue my class’ access to me via ongoing Q&A during the month of April after I had just offered to the class to continue their access with me during the month of May. I share why and how it was an easy decisoin for me to respond “no” even when that’s not been very easy for me in the past.

I also made a decision to raise my consulting rates effective April 1st. I share why I’ve made this decision. I’m actually continually reminding myself why this is an important step for me and you just get to hear the conversation that I have with myself about it. ;)

This episode also shows the importance of being able to just stop and take in the moment as I sit and watch a group of ducks swimming around in the water.

Really, this is just an overall upbeat and positive reflection of what’s been going on in my life as a direct result of seeking God first, doing all the things that He has laid on my heart and trusting in Him to provide for my every need. I hope that it’s a source of encouragement for you to do the same.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share how things went after having my children invite me to participate in their schoo’s Career Day. I had done this previously, in my life as an insurance agent. However, this time around, I went to share my career as a podcaster.

I also give an update on how things are going with my podcasting course that I’m leading and even some exciting news about how I will be doing the class again in May.

The episode helps demonstrate just how things are going with my desire to add more margin in my daily life. More than anything, I believe this episode demonstrates the power of what I shared in episode 485 where I talked about the “Year of Provision.”

This is the first place that I’ve publicly announced my new increased consulting rate for one on one consulting. As I move forward, I’m finding that the most efficient use of my time in helping people are in groups like the course the I’m currently teaching or through the use of digital video tutorials. I still enjoy one on one consulting, however, I’m definately moving forward with a more intense focus on the areas where I can help the most number of people with the least amount of my time so that I may continue to maintain margin in my life and have more time to spend with my wife and children.

Finally, I also give an update on how things are going with my spiritual journey of waking early in the morning and spending time reading Scriptures before doing anything else. Oh, and I manged to squeeze in an update about my currently weight loss of 3.8 pounds in the past week. Be sure to check out http://gspn.tv/scale when you get a chance.

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In this episode of Pursuing A Balnaced Life, I am all over the place. However, a majority of the episode is devoted to my thoughts on how I had set a very lofty goal for myself to achieve within a six week period of time. I share how I believe my faith in the fact that it would become a reality played a part in actually making it a reality.

To be honest with you, I am almost hesitant to release this episode in fear that some might think that I’ve gone a little too far into the “name it / claim it” territory. I assure you that this is not the case. However, there are some principles that go along with faith and believing things are possible before we can actually come up with plans to achieve them.

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In this episode, I share how I was able to maintain anxiety and stress free leading up to, through, and even upon my return from being away from my business for 11 days. I provide an update on how things are going with the Podcasting A to Z goal of having 20 participants. I also provide another update on how things are going with gspn.tv Plus Membership now that we are approaching the end of our second month offering all our content for free. Finally, I share what happened when I stepped on the scale when I returned home, why the scale said what it said, and how I feel about it.

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I recorded this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life last week. As this is being released, I am actually on a cruise ship with an unlimited amount of food for me to consume. It is my prayer that I will be able to make it through this entire trip with a great sense of self discipline as I enjoy all good things in moderation.

I also shared a little about how yet more website hosting issues that I had been facing and how I addressed them. I tried not to be too geek about what I shared. If you want the full story, head over to http://PodcastAnswerMan.com and look for episode 196.

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In this episode, I share an update about what has been going on in my personal and professional life and how it has all been impacted by my journey of faith. Listen to find out how things went after the first full month into “The Year of Provision.” Did God come through, in spite of all the things things that God laid on my heart for me to cut back on? You’ll get to hear all the details in this episode.

Also, in this episode, I share how I’ve really been feeling the need to practice what I preach in the area of living my life with more margin in it. Once again, God has called me to stretch my faith by cutting even more things out of my weekly schedule, to stay focused on the the things that are the wisest use of the time that I’ve been given, and to stay faithful in trusting in Him to provide so that I can can be the husband and father that He wants me to be.

As I’m typing these show notes. I’ve pretty much done most everything I need to do to promote the Podcasting A to Z group study. It’s time for me to trust that I’m offering something of great value and that people will respond. I’d appreciate your thoughts and prayers that this will all work out and that I’ll not stress out while waiting for the people to sign up.

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This episode is the first WalkCast of 2011. I was so happy to be able to see my sidewalks again. In this episode I share that I did make a decision about the future of gspn.tv Plus Membership. You can read all about the changes at http://gspn.tv/plus. I also shared about the new gspn.tv online community site at http://gspncommunity.com and a great deal more. If you have any interest in participating in the Five Week Podcast Training Course, please email me at Cliff@PodcastAnswerMan.com.

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Well friends, it seems that I’ve been facing one major decision after the other. In this episode, I am finally at a place where I feel that I can comfortably share what has been on my mind as it relates to the future of gspn.tv Plus Membership.

This show is exactly one hour in length. I recognize that not everyone out there has an interest in the regular content of the Pursuing A Balanced Life Podcast. However, I want to encourage everyone out there, if you enjoy any of our gspn.tv shows and want to know about some major changes that are just ahead for our community, you should listen to this episode.

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This is my very first podcast of the new year! Recently, I shared on Twitter that, I’ve concluded that 2011 will be “The Year of Providence!” Eager for the direction & resources that God will provide in this new year! In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I give a little more background as to what I meant behind this statement.

When I looked up the definition of the word “Providence” I found the following statements to be in line with what God has been laying on my heart.

- God foresees the future and He is providing care and direction for the people of the earth.
- God, who is everywhere, is directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with His great wisdom.

I share in the first few days of this new year, God has clearly given me some direction for which to build the foundation of how I am to move forward in this new year. The following is a list of seven things that I know that God is calling “ME” to do.

1. Do not worry or be anxious about anything, but seek God first in everything!

2. Allow my body rest by getting a good night’s sleep. 6 to 7 hours on average.

3. Wake early in the morning. (This means going to bed at a decent hour).

4. Devote myself to reading God’s Word daily.

5. Keep a private journal to record the works that God is doing in my life.

6. Pray each morning for God to guide my goals, priorities and decisions for each new day.

7. Stop trying to please everyone! Understand that I can’t make everyone happy with who I am, the decisions I make, and the things that I say.

The following is a direct quote from George Muller’s auto-biography:

George Mulller’s thoughts on Sleep:
Children of God should be careful not to allow themselves too little sleep since few men can do with less than six hours of sleep and still be well in body and mind. As a young man, before I went to the university, I went to be regularly at ten and rose at four, studied hard, and was in good health. Since, I have allowed myself only about seven hours, I have been much better in body and in nerves when I spent eight or eight and a half hours in bed.

Someone may ask, “But why should I rise early?” To remain too long in bed is a waste of time. Wasting time is unbecoming a saint who is bought by the precious blood of Jesus. His time and all he has is to be used for the Lord. If we sleep more than is necessary for the refreshment of the body, it is wasting the time the Lord has entrusted us to be used for His glory, for our own benefit, and for the benefit of the saints and unbelievers around us.

Just as too much food injures the body, the same is true regarding sleep. Medical persons would readily agree that lying longer in bed than is necessary to strengthen the body actually weakens it.

It also injures the soul. Lying too long in bed not merely keeps us from giving the most precious part of the day to prayer and meditation, but this sloth leads also to many other evils. Anyone who spends one, two, or three hours in prayer and meditation before breakfast will soon discover the beneficial effect early rising has on the outward and inward man.

It may be said, “But how shall I set about rising early?” My advice is: Do not delay. Begin tomorrow. But do not depend on your own strength. You may have begun to rise early in the past but have given it up. If you depend on your own strength in this matter, it will come to nothing. In every good work, we must depend on the Lord. If anyone rises so that he may give the time which he takes from sleep to prayer and meditation, let him be sure that Satan will try to put obstacles in the way.

Trust in the Lord for help. You will honor Him if you expect help from Him in this matter. Pray for help, expect help, and you will have it. In addition to this, go to bed early. If you stay up late, you cannot rise early. Let no pressure of engagements keep you from going habitually early to bed. If you fail in this, you neither can nor should get up early because your body requires rest.

Rise at once when you are awake. Remain not a minute longer in bed or else you are likely to fall asleep again. Do not be discouraged by feeling drowsy and tired from rising early. This will soon wear off. After a few days, you will feel stronger and fresher than when you used to lie an hour or two longer than you needed. Always allow yourself the same hours for sleep. Make no change except on account of sickness.

The following is another quote from George Muller that I shared in this episode:

From George Muller’s Journal:
May 26, 1851: The Christian should never worry about tomorrow or give sparingly because of a possible future need. Only the present moment is ours to serve the Lord and tomorrow may never come. Money is really worth no more than as it can be used to accomplish the Lord’s work. Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord’s service.

Any occupation can be used to serve the Lord, but certain principles must be followed in secular work. The Christian must guard against any attitudes or practices that will keep him from experiencing God’s abundant prosperity. God is not likely to bless anything that leads a believer to depend more on himself or his circumstances than on the living God..

To wrap of the show notes of this episode, here are link to resources mentioned:

- Deuteronomy Chapter 8. http://goo.gl/5KSMF
- Auto-biography of George Muller. http://amzn.to/erMCbT
- The Rudder of the Day – Dan Miller: http://amzn.to/dEyadw

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I’ve spent the past ten days in a time of quite self reflection. During the past three days, I’ve read the entire auto-biography of George Muller. This episode is a follow up from episode 483 of Pursuing A Balanced Life, where I share just what God’s been laying on my heart these past few days.

I still don’t have a clear vision of what 2011 will look like. However, I have this strange feeling that I’m not supposed to even concern myself with that until after the new year starts. I have full faith that God will not only provide in amazing ways, beyond my imagination, but that I’ll also be flooded with fresh new inspiration on a regular basis as I move forward through the new year.

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From January through November, the year of 2010 brought forth an amazing number of blessings as it relates to the success of my business pursuits. I never dreamed I’d be sitting here in December of this same year expressing the types of fears and anxieties thave been dealing with over the past two weeks.

In this episode, I share a majority of the heaviest things that have been on my mind and how I’ve ulimately ended up in the place where I am today, feeling uninspired, with a lack of creative thought, low on motivation, and a sence of lowered self confidence.

Now I’m sure that this is just a season of life that has come to pass and that it’s a result of being sick for a few weeks and the fact that I’m dealing with a lot of changes in my life.

I’m not going to sugar coat it and tell you that I am on the rebound and that I can sense the motemtum moving in the right direction. However, I can tell you that I seem to be at another crossroads in my life’s journey and though I thought I had a good feeling about the direction my life was heading, I seem to have this feeling that I’ll be wondering, once again, into the unknown.

I only pray that I can rediscover the faith that brought me this far! And that I can continue to find success in 2011, not only in my business, but in my marriage and parenting as well.

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In this episode, I share where I’ve been the past month and why there has not been an episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life. I share a ton of random thoughts about business and life.

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One of my favorite things about visiting cities like Boston is the subway. I actually look for reasons to take the subway to get from one place to another within the city. It’s just a great deal more fun and efficient than driving everywhere.

Have you every played a game of Whac A Mole before? It’s a game you typically find at an arcade and you are given a rubber mallet and there are several holes where moles will randomly pop up and the goal is to whack the mole before he goes back underground.

In this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I invite you to join myself and Erik Fisher on a fun game that I made up called Boston Whac A Mole. I had this idea that we would get on the subway trains and randomly, without any rhyme or reason, choose to pop up above ground to look around that portion of Boston.

Early in the episode, I mentioned that this episode may not be all that exciting and that it might not be very entertaining content. However, by the end of the episode, I felt as though this may have been a better sound seeing tour of Boston than I had actually planned it ahead of time.

If anything, it demonstrates just how many wonderful things can be found just wondering around the streets and subway stations of Boston.

Somewhere near the end of our journey, we ran into Dan Blakeslee. You can check out his website here. Dan is a musician playing some really great music in the Park Street Red Line station.

After attending the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Blakeslee ventured to Boston. He toiled with his acoustic in the smoke-laden subways before slowly rolling his influences (Leonard Cohen, Red House Painters, The Smiths, Jeff Buckley, Vic Chestnut, Radiohead, Tom Waits and Johnny Cash) into his own eclectic blend of music with chameleon-like appeal.

I enjoyed his music so much that I went over and purchased one of his CD’s. He may have inspired me to fire up the recording for another episode of Musically Challenged.

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This episode kind of came out of the blue. I recently received a phone call from an old friend. Here I thought he was really excited about the opportunity to enter into a new career as an insurance agent. He had called to see if I would be willing to share my thoughts on his new career choice.

I didn’t want to discourage him with my thoughts on the subject, so I simply sent him an email telling him that I’m probably not the best person to turn to if he were looking for encouragement and support with such a decision. I warned him that I have a pretty negative view of the career that I left behind.

He emailed me back and indicated that he did have some concerns and would very much appreciate my thoughts on the matter. Well, in this episode of Pursuing A Balanced Life, I share the thoughts that I shared with this friend.

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My Catholic Feedback Episode

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In this episode, I share quite a bit of listener feedback that came in from my four part series titled “My Catholic Weekend.” If I’m not mistaken, I believe that all the feedback where from listeners who are Catholic. I also shared a story of how I landed an amazing sponsor for Stephanie and I to attend Podcamp Boston 5. I’d love it if you would be willing to check out the blog post at http://gspn.tv/divineoffice where I have a video talking about the sponsorship. If you could leave a comment on that blog post, thanking Dane and the folks at Divine Office, that would be AWESOME!

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My Catholic Weekend Part 4

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In this episode, I continue my four part series where I attempt to share as much as possible from my recent trip to Boston for the CNMC (Catholic New Media Celebration) hosted by SQPN (Star Quest Production Network). I was invited to come and speak during the event, as an expert in the field of podcasting and new media.

I would highly suggest that you start with episode 475 of this podcast which is the first part in this series. Also, full show notes can be found on that episode.

This episode covers everything following the official CNMC event, including the Boston Social Media Tweetup that I had organized and a totally awesome 24hrs spent with my dear friend, Fr. Roderick Vonhogen.

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My Catholic Weekend Part 3

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In this episode, I continue my four part series where I attempt to share as much as possible from my recent trip to Boston for the CNMC (Catholic New Media Celebration) hosted by SQPN (Star Quest Production Network). I was invited to come and speak during the event, as an expert in the field of podcasting and new media.

I would highly suggest that you start with episode 475 of this podcast which is the first part in this series. Also, full show notes can be found on that episode.

This episode actually covers the official CNMC event itself as well as my attendance of a Catholic Mass. It was the first time in 24 years since I had been to Catholic Mass. I will tell you that I actually considered not releasing this episode. In fact, this episode is very heavily edited. In it’s original form, I feel like I had shared a little too much. I wonder, as I post these show notes, if there is still a little too much shared here. However, as I listened to the edited version back, I do feel that I give a very genuine and authentic reaction to what it was like for me to attend this Catholic mass.

I want to say, for the record, that I found the folks from SQPN to be among the most generous, caring, and charitable people I have ever met. I felt at home with them and very much felt as though I was a member of their family.

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My Catholic Weekend Part 2

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In this episode, I continue my four part series where I attempt to share as much as possible from my recent trip to Boston for the CNMC (Catholic New Media Celebration) hosted by SQPN (Star Quest Production Network). I was invited to come and speak during the event, as an expert in the field of podcasting and new media.

I would highly suggest that you start with episode 475 of this podcast which is the first part in this series. Also, full show notes can be found on that episode.

This episode covers the reaction of the SQPN board of directors when approached with the concept of having me, a non-Catholic, come as a prominent speaker at this Catholic New Media Conference. It also covers most all the events from Friday, August 6th, including the official SQPN Meet And Greet.

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My Catholic Weekend Part 1

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In this episode, I begin a four part series where I attempt to share as much as possible from my recent trip to Boston for the CNMC (Catholic New Media Celebration) hosted by SQPN (Star Quest Production Network). I was invited to come and speak during the event, as an expert in the field of podcasting and new media.

So what was it like for me, a non-Catholic, Protestant, Christian to attend an all Catholic conference? In this first part of my four part series, I set the stage by explaining my history with the Catholic Church and my first impressions when asked, by Father Roderick, if I would be willing to come and speak with him.

Here are some photo highlights from my trip: (CLICK HERE FOR A FULL SLIDESHOW)

Here are the links to the talks that I gave:
Session 1 Recorded on Ustream
Session 2 Recorded on Ustream
Session 3 Recorded on Ustream

If I mentioned that I would add more to the show notes during this series, please just leave a comment on the episode in question and I’ll come back and add those notes.

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Another Wave of Creativity

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In this episode, I share so many thoughts going through my head as I am currently riding another major wave of creativity. I did want to make sure that I put a link to the event page for the Boston Social Media Tweetup.

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I Am Going To Boston

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In this episode, I share a few things that I’ve done that has allowed me to experience some great success in staying organized, experiencing more margin in my daily schedule, and growing my business. I also explain why I am going to be heading to Boston.

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Digital Prayer Journal

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In this episode, I share some brief thoughts on my history of keeping a prayer journal. I explain what I mean when I say that I keep a prayer journal. I explain why I decided to this, why I quit doing it for a very long time, and why I’ve decided to start again and how I currently plan to do it.

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Why Choose Failure When Success Is An Option?

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In this episode, get back out in the neighborhood for another walkcast. I share what has been going on the past two weeks as it relates to my pursuit of a balanced life. I share what the scale showed when I stepped on it yesterday. I also share a few areas where I’ve experienced a great deal of success outside of health and fitness.

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Blessings Beyond Imagination

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In this episode, I share some exciting thoughts about the Lost series finale event. I share an exciting story about how I was interviewed by Dan Miller. I share about a recent field trip that I went on with my daughter. I get caught up on all your voice feedback. And finally, I am out to door to have a three day vacation with my family.

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Two Weeks In The Life of Cliff Ravenscraft

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In this episode, I share a bunch of random audio updates that I had recorded over the course of the past few weeks. While putting this episode together, it helped remind me that while things are really crazy right now, I’ve actually managed to lead a relatively balanced life over the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy!

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What Is The Wise Thing To Do?

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In this episode, I share a major goal that I have set for myself. I responded to a few pieces of audio feedback, including a very interesting our friend Anne regarding pursuing your passion as a career.

The following are the PABL Challenge Final Results.

These are the top 8, that posted every week.

Richi 246pts
anneso87 243pts
FredFromLongIsland 234pts
Maggie/ilea02 233pts
grace513 232pts
Sharon 199pts
Angelb791 179pts
remblem 165pts

During the 20 week period (16 official), there were 300+ posts and 14,000+ views.

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Community Feedback Episode

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In this episode, I share a challenge that @ErikJFisher made to me. I also then share my experience running my very first 5K run on a treadmill.

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Community Feedback Episode

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In this episode, I give a little update on my health. However, the majority of this episode is full of audio feedback from Evan, Wayne, Jenn, Fred, Kim, Lee, and Mary.

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In this episode, I share my thoughts on the PABL challenge and explain what happened to it. I also briefly share just how excited about a new software application that I purchased for my iPad. It’s called Outliner and it is simply amazing! I also share that I’m finally back to where I used to be in my own pursuit of a balanced life, eating well and doing my daily intentional physical activity.

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I Want To Make Less Bad Decisions

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In this episode, I share some REALLY AMAZING things that have been going on with my business. I believe that sharing my experiences in this episode will be a continued source of inspiration for those who are considering the pursuit of their passion. Each week, I learn more about the possibilities that are out there for me. I simply share how blessed I feel to be where I am today in my business.

Also, in this episode, I share that I finished reading Dale Carnegie’s How To Win Friends And Influence People. I’ve been reading this book on and off for the past several months. I can honestly tell you that the concepts and principles provided in this book has helped me to grow by leaps and bounds. I feel like I’m a better husband, father, friend, etc. I can not think of a single relationship that I have with another human being that has not been positively impacted by soaking in all the insights gained from reading this book.

My only regret is that I didn’t read this book 20 years ago. If you have never read it. I highly suggest that you BUY IT TODAY!

Finally, I also share that while I am extremely blessed and things are going really well in most areas of my life. There have been a few occasions where I’ve made some poor decisions. Of course with each poor decision I make, I experience the consequences that come along with them. I share my heart that moving forward, I want to make a conscious effort to make less poor decisions.

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My Decision Regarding Equipment Sales

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It’s been several days since I shared David’s three words of advice. I’ve received a great deal of advice from close friends. In this episode, I share what I’ve decided as it relates to my future in equipment sales.

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Three Words That Will Change My Life?

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I started recording this episode a little after 2 o’clock in the morning. I had received some audio feedback from a client, and good friend, named David Doucette. His audio feedback was 16 minutes and 3 seconds in length. Near the beginning of his message, he mentioned that he had three words to share with me that had the potential to change my life in a positive way. Ever since I listened to that message with those three words, I’ve not been able to stop thinking about it what it would mean to me if I were to follow through with the advice provided in those three words.

This is one of those episodes that I will be pointing people to for quite some time! I hope that this will encourage and inspire you to evaluate what you are doing with your time and to make changes so that you are being efficient with the resources that God has given to you.

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More Self Discipline Needed

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In this episode, I share some thoughts about how things have got so busy that I put off the important things. How I struggle with responding to items that come in now over top of items that have been waiting to be completed for a few days. I also talk about the pressures of how even when I’m putting new work flows in place, it seems that the amount of additional work that comes in continues to grow at an even faster pace.

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Is It All About The Money?

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In this episode, I share where I’ve been recently, why there hasn’t been any consistent updates released for this podcast.

I also share a frustrating story of a person who accused me by saying that I’m only interested in helping people who are willing to pay me money for my time. This is SO NOT TRUE! Also, I share audio feedback from Maggie, Erik, Brent, Richi, Frank, Mary, and Fred.

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Dreams Can Come True

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In this episode, I finally get around to recording the long awaited story explaining the details behind a status update that I had put up on Twitter and Facebook a few weeks back. In that update, I had explained that a major dream had just come true for me. I hope that this story inspires you to dream big dreams for yourself and to share those dreams with as many people as will listen!

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I Struggle Too

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In this episode, I share that I don’t always have it all together. Recently I’ve come across someone who has recently found who about who I am wand what I’ve done by following my passion. Several times this person indicated that I seemed to be someone who could do no wrong. I told him that that I have certainly learned a great deal along this journey that I’ve been on. However, as this episode clearly indicates, I struggle just like anyone else.

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My VA Journey Part 01

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In this episode, I share the first episode of a new series of episodes related hiring a Virtual Assistant. I’ll be documenting my progress as I learn to let go of control and allow others to help me do the things they can do for me while allowing me to focus my attention on what I do best.

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Most UnBalanced Week Ever – Or Was It?

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In this episode, I share some thoughts after experiencing my the busiest weeks I’ve had in 2009. It’s tempting to think that last week was the first

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The Struggles of Pursuing A Balanced Life

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In this episode, I share some common struggles with Pursuing A Balanced Life. Of course, I start by sharing my own struggles. However, at about 38 minutes into the episode, I share some struggles that our community posted in our community forum.

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

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Why I Gained And What I Am Going To Do About It

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In this episode, I share why there was no episode of this podcast last week. I also share what the scale revealed this week and last week. I explain why I gained weight for the first time since May 1st of this year and what I am going to do about it. I also share a few other things, including information about a one day trip to Kansas City and back.

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Managing My Relationships With HighRise – Podcast Episode 441

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In this episode, I simply share what I’m most passionate about this week. I’ve found a software solution that has radically changed my life. If you a small to medium sized business owner or if you are managing relationships with hundreds or thousands of people, you have to check out HighRise. If you do decide to check it out, please use the http://gspn.tv/highrise link. If you sign up using that link, I earn a commission. I’d never recommend a product or service based up on that alone. Trust me when I say that this software product is going to cause me to earn a GREAT DEAL more money. More important than that is that it is going to help me form stronger relationships with everyone I know.

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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PABL Challenge Started This Week – Podcast Episode 439

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The 16 week PABL Challenge on November 1st! For more information, visit the blog entry at http://gspn.tv/pablchallenge.

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Longest Run Yet – Podcast Episode 438

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In this episode, share a very exciting breakthrough in my health and fitness routine.

I also shared a great website that I found for calculating how many calories you should eat in order to loose weight. The calculator can be found at http://gspn.tv/howmanycalories. Reminder: Never eat less than 1200 calories per day!

Also, I announced that we will be launching the 16 week PABL Challenge on November 1st! For more information, visit the blog entry at http://gspn.tv/pablchallenge.

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Episode 437 – Seeking Margin

Last week, I talked about the fact that I have exceeded the capacity of what I felt that I could do in a given work week. This week, I share some thoughts about my search for margin in my life.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Capacity Exceeded – Podcast Episode 436

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In this episode, I hit the record button with absolutely no idea what I would share in advance. However, as is the case most of the time, I had plenty to say. I didn’t make any notes as I went along. So if you want to know what I shared in this episode, I’m afraid you’re going to have to hit the play button!

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Episode 435 – 5 Months Later 44 Pounds Lighter

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This episode is pretty much full of all listener feedback. Special thanks to Maggie,
Mary, Andy, Jessica, Wayne, Pam, Frank, and Richi

There is plenty of encouragement and inspiration from others in the gspn.tv community who are also Pursuing A Balanced Life!

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Episode 434 – 40 Pounds Lighter And Biggest Loser

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In this episode, I share an audio recap of my previous week. It was another amazing week of enjoyable walks with my children. I also spend a great deal of time talking about the launch of our newest “Biggest Loser Fan Podcast.”

Even if you never watch the Biggest Loser TV Show, I would strongly encourage you to check out this podcast. I’m actually partnering with my great friend, Father Roderick Vonhogen, a Catholic priest from the Netherlands. We use the tv show as a platform for launching conversations related to how to live a more healthy lifestyle.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.

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Episode 433 – A Well Balanced Week

In this episode, I share several mini recordings made throughout the week. It was fun for me to be able to go back and review the various elements of the week. It wasn’t until I listened to the various elements that I had recorded that I noticed that my life really is getting into a much greater balance.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Hi GSPN Fans! Here I am again with the weekly round up for you. Right now in upstate NY it feels like fall, and besides all the fun “fall activities” to look forward to (apple picking and pumpkin picking, to name a few), I’m looking forward to many tv shows coming back for a new season, as I’m sure many of you are – just a few more weeks to wait! (However we “Lost fans” still have a whole lot longer to wait! *Wah*!)

Right now, here’s what rolled out on the GSPN feed in the last week – go get ‘em while they’re hot:

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Almost Daily Devotional 138 – An Original Masterpiece

This is not at all what I expected, even after Cliff gave it an introduction – wow, it just pulled my heart wide open! There I was, getting all misty-eyed on the lawnmower… :-P

+Help iGot a Mac 088 – Snow Leopard Problems

In This Episode:
* Several Programs are not working with Snow Leopard
* Is it possible to reset Auto Fill Password Options in Safari?
* Is it possible to sell your existing 3G on Ebay? How much?

Weekly Lost Podcast 223 – Flashbacks Part 5

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie go back into the archives and share commentary regarding things that were said back in Episode 007 of the Weekly Lost Podcast that covered “Fire + Water.”

And hey – did you know Stephanie is related to “Zeke”?  Really! Listen and see for yourself!  :-D

Pursuing a Balanced Life 431 – How Do I Define Success?

In this episode, Cliff didn’t have a lot prepared ahead of time. He simply knew that he wanted to talk about the topic of how he defines what success is for him. As Cliff seeks more balance in his life, he finds that the definition changes. The amazing thing is that Cliff truly believes that he can be successful each and every day of his life. Success is not a destination, it’s a way of living.

This podcast was very encouraging to me – some days my accomplishments seem to only consist of very mundane things like finishing the laundry and cooking dinner, but I can still feel like a “success” knowing that I am blessing others with my work, and I am pleasing God.  Success can come in many forms – our criteria for “success” is not always the same criteria God is using.

Family From the Heart 074 – The Sex Talk

In this episode, Stephanie and Cliff share some thoughts about talking to the children about sex.

Books They Discussed:
Preparing Your Daughter For Every Woman’s Battle
Preparing Your Son For Every Man’s Battle

Almost Daily Devotional – 139 Leaving it All Behind

+Full Time Mom 098 -We Are Worth So Much

Business Tech Weekly 001 – The Importance of Domain Names

In this episode, Andy Traub and Cliff Ravenscraft discuss some of the following items.

* The Importance of the domain name for branding your business.
* Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com can be viewed as ExpertSexChange.com (Note: This site no longer exists).
* Does your domain name communicates professionalism?
* Where do we buy our domains?
* GoDaddy – Price has gone up but coupons are always available via Google, Price is currently $10.69 for .com domains. Coupons are easy to find. Sometimes they run coupons for renewals as well
* What domain extensions should I purchase? Andy suggests your personal name in .com/.net/.org. Your business’ name. Your family’s names.

….and LOTS more!

Watermark Sermon 9/6/09 – I Believe in God, But I Don’t Fear Him

And that’s a wrap for last week!

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So, besides apple and pumpkin picking I’m also looking forward to cozy sweaters, crunching leaves, cooking in my crockpot (I’m actually going to break it out this week and make my ‘ol standby – cut up beef, dry onion soup mix and cream of mushroom soup served over egg noodles – mmm!!), cups of hot tea in the evening, the smell of dry leaves baking in the sun and the end of mowing the lawn.  What do YOU like about fall?  Leave me a comment and tell me!

See you next week! Carole

If you’d like to know more about me, here’s my personal blog: Carole’s Thoughtful Spot

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Episode 431 – How Do I Define Success?

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In this episode, I didn’t have a lot prepared ahead of time. I simply knew that I wanted to talk about the topic of how I define what success is for me. As I seek more balance in my life, I find that these definition changes. The amazing thing is that I truly believe that I can be successful each and every day of my life. Success is not a destination, it’s a way of living.

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

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Episode 430 – Thirty Eight Pounds Lost

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In this episode, I share this week’s results as I stepped back on the scale. I also share my goals for next week and how I plan to achieve those goals.

The two posts I mentioned in this episode:

The Shack Post
http://gspn.tv/theshack

PABL #425 Follow Your Passion And The Money Will Follow
http://gspn.tv/passion

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Episode 429 – What Defines Who I Am?

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In this episode, We get some audio feedback from Mary. Also, we get a call from Frank regarding popcorn at movie theaters.

I also share a personal dream of mine to be featured on Net@Nite podcast on Twit and to meet Leo Leporte in person.

The main focus of this show is the topic of deciding what we allow to define who we are in our own minds.

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Episode 428 – Momentum

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In this episode, I share some thoughts a week after setting myself a goal of completing my one hour of intentional physical activity by 7am each morning.

I share how how successful or unsuccessful I’ve been at achieving this goal. I also share why it is that I’ve set such a strict goal for myself.

Also, as it is Monday, I share my results from the scale for this week’s weigh in.

Finally, I shared a few #PABL posts found on Twitter and played some audio that was linked by JustJ3nn.

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In this episode, I share an update of what’s been going on this past week and how that’s affected this week’s weigh-in day. I share that I need to quit assuming that I’ll have the extra calories to eat before I actually do the physical activity to earn those extra calories. I also set a new goal to be done with my intentional physical activity before 7am each morning.

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Follow Your Passion And The Money Will Follow

In this episode I share my thoughts on the phrase, “Follow your passion and the money will follow.” This is exactly what I did just almost two years ago and I’ve certainly found the statement to be true.

I share some of the amazing things that have happened as a result of focusing on my core talents and abilities.

I also share that I don’t think going off and starting your own business is for everyone. Though, I do believe it would be a great fit for more people than actually realize it. On my journey, I’ve learned some things that I think are critical to consider when thinking about leaping out there on your own.

* Surround Yourself With Positive People
* Must have the support of your spouse
* Passion is required
* Some natural talent must exist as a foundation
* Determination – No escape clause.
* Self Discipline – Can be learned through accountability
* Faith

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In this episode, share some thoughts after a few days of being out of my normal routine. I had enjoyed having our friends Anne and Valerie visit with us for a few days.

While they were here, we had an impromptu meet up to celebrate Anne and Valerie’s birthday. There was pizza, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, and zucchini bread. So there was a LOT of empty calorie foods to be had by all. Unfortunately, I allowed myself to indulge a bit more than I would have like with these snacks. That being said, I did try to compensate by putting in a bit of extra effort into my daily physical activity.

When it was all said and done, I ended up on the scale yesterday with no pounds gained. I’ve definitely learned a few things from that experience and hope to even make better decisions the next time I’m in similar situations.

I also share some thoughts abut the recent additions to the gspn.tv Plus Membership Community. We actually added 8 new Plus Members in the past 7 days. This was a huge blessing and helped to confirm so many things about the direction that we are heading.

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In this episode, I my reactions to the first chapter of the book “Think And Grow Rich” by Napolian Hill.

* “Success comes to those who become success conscious”
* “…thoughts of poverty, just as quickly as it will influence us to act upon thoughts of riches.”
* Story of Steven Spielberg

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In this episode, I share my Monday weigh-in results. I also share some my thoughts on how our first full day of recording content on Thursdays went. I also share some thoughts about the financial aspects of running the business and how these things are causing us to always evaluate what we do and how we do it.

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In this I share some thoughts on how I’ve gone about loosing 32 pounds in only twelve weeks. In the episode, I mention the use of the Shape Up iPhone Application. There is a Health Fitness and Accountability section of the gspn.tv Community Forum that is only viewable to those who are registered users that are signed in. In it, I track my physical activity and the total net calorie intake each and every day. If you want to know more, listen to the episode.

I also shared some exciting news about the way that I’m re-structuring my work week and shifting the recording of most of our shows to Thursdays. I mention that there is more about that announcement if you CLICK THIS LINK.

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Happy Monday to you all. As most of you know by now, Monday is my weigh-in day. I’m very excited to announce that I have lost an additional 3 pounds this past week.

That means that I’ve lost a total of 24 pounds in the past two months! Not only that, but my waist size as gone from 46 inches down to 41.25 inches since May 1st, 2009. I can’t begin to tell you how great I feel compared to how I felt daily before.

In this podcast episode, I share some feedback that I had received in the gspn.tv community forum regarding podcast episode 412. In it, Mary M. wrote…

Hey yall! I don’t want to be rude but please hear me out and realize that I have good intentions.

Ok, so I am listening to PABL episode #412. Throughout the episode Cliff is talking about his “official” goal is to do physical activity 5 days per week.

Really Cliff??

I think you have set your “official” goal low on purpose. You have stated many times that when you don’t get your physical activity all 7 days it is a “failure” of a day, but then justify it because your “official” goal is only 5 days per week.

I believe that your “actual” goal, the one you really want, is to do physical activity all 7 days per week. I think that in the beginning you set your goal to 5 days per week for the “just in case” moments but that as time has gone by, you have proven to yourself that you can do physical activity everyday and still be productive.

I believe that your goal of physical activity 5 days per week isn’t your “GOAL”, but your “MINIMUM” that you would be comfortable with if necessary. And if you were really honest with yourself, I bet you would be very “unsatisfied” if you only did physical activity 5 days.

I believe that if you were to really search your heart, you are trying to put in physical activity every day.

Maybe it is time to set a new goal. Not meeting it all the time is fine for special occasions (like a family reunion or meeting with a friend for a movie screening).

If you are going to bed every night with the intentions of getting up the next morning and doing physical activity then THAT IS TRULY YOUR GOAL!!!!!

Please don’t take this the wrong way, cause I love ya!!

She also followed that up with this…

Ok, so I finished the episode and had some more thoughts. According to dictionary.com the definition for GOAL is:

1. the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.

I guess that my problem with the episode is your use of the word. A goal should be something that you strive to achieve, not just the minimum you would be happy with. You are already past the physical activity of 5 days a week, so anyway…sorry for the rant.

A majority of this episode is my response to this this feedback. I want to post some highlights from what I shared here for the blog.

First of all, here is what I think about when I talk about setting goals:

Goal setting is the process of deciding what you want to accomplish and devising a plan to achieve the result you desire.

Goal setting is a two part process. Step one is deciding What You Want To Do. Step two is working toward the accomplishment of that Goal. Many people know what they want to do but have trouble creating a plan to get there. Goals without action plans are just words. Another way of saying that is that a goal without action plans are nothing more than desires.

When creating a plan to achieve your goals, I think it is important to evaluate your goal to make sure that it has all of the following characteristics. Your goals should be Realistic / Attainable. Your goals should be specific and detailed. You goals should be measurable. And finally, I think it is important to evaluate your goal in light of whether or not it adds to or or distracts you from your pursuit of a balanced life.

Regarding the thought of me setting my “official” goal low on purpose, I’d have to disagree. When I first set this goal, back in May, it actually seemed to be an very lofty at the time. Time came to reveal that I actually had it within me to achieve this goal on a very consistent basis which came as a great shock to me and inspired many others to set similar types of goals for themselves.

While I’ve been averaging between 6 to 7 days a week on a regular basis. The question then becomes… Should I “adjust my goal?” I’ve given this a lot of thought and the answer is no.

I feel that it would be more closely aligned with the Pursuit of a “Balanced Life” to achieve a healthier outlook on the concept of giving my body rest two days a week and not”not overdoing it.” I especially want to avoid “burn-out” which I will blog about in the future.

The truth is that there are still other areas of a Balanced Life that I’m not giving enough attention right now. I believe that as I get closer to the desired balance in each area, there will be more and more occasions where the 5 days per week goal will seem more aligned with where I should be.

I’ve been consuming a large amount of Health and Wellness content lately. Everything that I read suggests intentional physical activity at a minimum of thiry minutes per day, three to five days per week. My “official” physical activity goal is already double the amount of time and on the upper head of what is suggested for a healthy lifestyle.

I have noticed that I seem to try to justify the days that I don’t work out. However, I believe that this is more about my attempt to convince myself that this is not a failure, but it is all a part of adjusting to a more balanced approach and mindset to physical activity.

With that said, I really appreciate the feedback that has been provided on this topic. I’m even more thankful that it came in the context of a genuine relationship with someone I would call friend.

I hope that you might find this topic helpful when you are setting your own goals.

Special thanks to Maggie who called in some audio feedback for this episode. Also, here is the list of #PABL updates that I shared in this episode.

Seaturtle89 Goal: wake at 4:45 a.m. Gym 5:00 a.m. Night all must get some sleep so I can acomplish this Goal #PABL

MrsLTJ Having a good day! Didnt realize starting it off with a ride would make me feel this good! #pabl

aaronmb Rivky has learned how to ride her two wheeler! Film at 11. #pabl

panache113 (aka Jessie) Starting to day #PABL.

melindayork slept in this morning then did 10 Minute Trainer x 3. Now cooling down with a walk on the treadmill. #PABL

EvePhoenix Took a walk yesterday at the mall – and didn’t buy anything! Just took the Nano, and went for the exercise. #pabl

Lindaharderwijk (Linda From The Netherlands) And I finally got my new cross bike today :-) yeah it’s so great :-) used 999 kcal #pabl yeah!!! Feeling good

CaptainsCast Week4/Day3 Couch to 5K run completed. 2.29 miles, 31:01, 13:32/mile, 441 calories. I’ve now completed 12 workouts totaling 23.84 miles #pabl

GalenaG The maid of honor said it was difficult to lace the dress due to weight loss. Size 20 to 14 in a year. #pabl

ffluvssg1 Today’s healthy activities: Walking on the treadmill, health/fitness podcasts, and brought a salad for lunch. Working on time mgmt. #pabl

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Oddly enough, too much focus and attention on the Health and Fitness aspect of our lives can cause our lives to be thrown off balance. Since May 1st, I’ve been pursuing a healthier lifestyle that incorporates a generous amount of daily physical activity. I have also had a major paradigm shift in the way that I look at food and its nutritional value.

While I’ve been devoting a large portion of this blog and podcast to the topic of Health and Fitness, I’ve been just as focused on focusing more attention to the other areas of a balanced life such as Community, Work/Career, Family, Faith, Personal Development, and Recreation. It’s a balance between Health/Fitness and all of these areas of our lives that truly cause us to enjoy the abundant life that God has provided us.

In this podcast episode, I share several things that took place over this past weekend. Prior to my focused pursuit of a Balanced Life, I would not have been able to enjoy all the events things that took place. However, because of the values and principles that I’ve been learning and applying to my life, I found myself living in the moment on a more consistent basis.

By the way, I mentioned that when I posted this episode, I’d put my weigh-in day results in the show notes. I’m excited to tell you that I’ve lost another 2 pounds in the last seven days for a total of TWENTY ONE POUNDS LOST SINCE May 1st!

After you get a chance to listen, feel free to leave a comment on the blog! You can help motivate me and inspire others by providing your audio feedback for the podcast. Call the voice mail feedback line directly at 859-795-4067 or toll-free at 800-757-1158. You can also email an audio file to feedback@gspn.tv.

Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.

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